Kaaba and Great Mosque
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.SAU.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 5th Rover Moot, Mecca
1973.SAU.01· piece 2 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Saudi Arabia (SAU)- Year / date
- 1973-01-13
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 6 p
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Purple, multicolour emblem
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Government Security Press
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14
- Panes
- 50
- Size
- 40 x 31 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.2
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- SA 637
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- SA 546
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- SA 379
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- SA 1065
Notes
Purple view of the Masjid al-Haram, the Kaaba in the courtyard and minarets at the left. Circular badge at upper right lettered 5th ROVER MOOT MECCA, with a gold fleur-de-lis in a green wreath. SAUDI ARABIA; face value 6P / ٦ ق.
Series history
Saudi Arabia issued three commemoratives at Jeddah on 13 January 1973 for the fifth Rover Moot in Mecca. Each stamp carries a circular badge lettered 5th ROVER MOOT MECCA, with a gold fleur-de-lis in a green wreath and the Arabic legend for the fifth Islamic Rover Gathering, over المملكة العربية السعودية and SAUDI ARABIA. The 4 p shows the Great Mosque in light blue, with a minaret at the right; the 6 p shows the Kaaba in the courtyard of the Great Mosque in purple; the 10 p shows a tented camp below a rocky hill in reddish pink. The Government Security Press printed the set by offset lithography, comb perforated 14, on paper watermarked with crossed swords and a palm tree.